Manson Jury Delivers Death Sentences After Eight-Week Trial
After ten hours of deliberation the jury sentenced Charles Manson and the three female followers to death for the Tate and LaBianca killings. The courtroom erupted as the verdicts were read, with Manson and the women reacting sharply and witnesses describing the killings as butchery. Prosecutors said Manson planned the murders to spark a race war while supporters claimed the defendants faced a biased trial.
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Manson
Miss Krenwinkel
Hollywood Entertainment
William and Mary Increases Room and Board for Next Year
The College of William and Mary announced a rise in room and board charges starting next fall while tuition stays the same. President Davis Y. Paschall said board will go up by 20 dollars to 550 for the year and average room rentals by 35 dollars to 380, with laundry at 40 dollars annually.
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Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Davis Y. Paschall
Virginia
Paschall
Byrd Bill Aims Chrome Ore Imports From Rhodesia
Senator Harry Byrd Jr says the United States faces a chrome shortage and proposes allowing Rhodesia chrome imports to avoid reliance on Soviet supplies. He notes a UN boycott has left Russia with a monopoly and higher prices. The measure mirrors a House bill by Rep. James Collins to permit free-world chrome unless a Communist nation is restricted.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ind
United States
Russia
Rhodesia
Byrd
United Nations
Senate
House
James M. Collins
R-Tex
Man Is Given 24 Years for Selling Drugs
Danville court sentences Vic Lane Soyars to 24 years and $4000 in fines after finding him guilty of selling LSD and hashish. Undercover testimony shows LSD bought at 70 per ounce and sold in 120 capsules for 3.50 each netting about 420 dollars. Earlier defendants in the March 1 crackdown received 29 years combined. 12 others await May trials. Soyars held on $25,000 bond pending appeal.
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Danville
Danville Corporation
Vic Lane Soyars
Soyars
Richmond Papers Seek Mediation Aid
Richmond Newspapers Inc and Local 90 of the International Typographical Union plan to use a federal mediator W J Kenealy in a wage dispute after a six month impasse. The local with 182 members handles text for the Times Dispatch and News Leader and had called a strike last week.
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Richmond
Richmond Newspapers Inc
Local 90
International Typographical Union
W. J. Kenealy
Morning Times-Dispatch
Man who charged into bus fined in Norfolk incident
A 69 year old former shop owner Max M Jo plin was fined 75 dollars after he boarded a school bus seeking a child who spat on him. Judge Edwin A Henry said the act though understandable anger was beyond reasonable bounds. Detective J R Masterson noted similar spitting incidents persist in Norfolk and police use unmarked cars to find the culprits.
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Norfolk
Edwin A. Henry
Max M. Joplin
Youth Bureau
J. R. Masterson
Raritans to Have Pancake Supper
The Stonewall District Raritan Club hosts its annual Spring Pancake dinner Saturday from 5 to 8 30 p m at Clearbrook. Proceeds fund land adjacent to the school for a county park. Menu includes fresh sausage apple juice milk and coffee.
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Stonewall District
Raritan Club
Clearbrook
Nixon Sets Flexible Wage and Price Rules for Construction
President Nixon ordered a flexible wage and price framework for the construction industry backed by federal purse power. The plan uses craft by craft boards overseen by a 12 member Construction Industry Stabilization Committee to enforce average 6 percent annual wage increases and regulate contracts, with Davis Bacon Act reinstated for federal projects.
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Washington
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
Administration
Matchbook frees jailed man in Virginia case
The 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a matchbook cover with fingerprints a readily movable object that could hold Corso's prints before it unlocked a 1969 Arlington credit union. Corso had faced a $3,500 burglary charge and 10 year sentence. the court noted potential jury misdirection and insufficient evidence to uphold the conviction. He had escaped from jail but surrendered last month. Also noted, 5 million students in 77,000 schools receive free or reduced lunch under the National School Lunch Program.
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Richmond
Edward A. Corso
Falls Church
4Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Corso
Patent Office Federal Credit Union
Arlington
Credit Union
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Reports
Del Smith Reverses, Plans 11th Term in Virginia House
Del W Roy Smith announced at a testimonial banquet in Petersburg that he will seek an 11th term after encouragement from Sen Harry Byrd Jr Rep Watkins Abbitt and former Gov Mills Godwin. The 51 year old Appropriations Committee chair cited his two loves pharmaceutical work and government service as factors in his decision.
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Petersburg
U. S
Virginia
del. W. Roy Smith
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ind
Watkins M. Abbitt
W. Roy Smith
Mills E. Godwin
Smith
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